A coroner has ruled an Exmouth man died accidentally after taking a deadly mix of pills and alcohol.

Bartender Philip Edgar-Moore, 34, who suffered long-term severe stomach pain with pancreatitis, was found dead at his Morton Road flat by a friend on October 18, 2014, after failing to turn up for work.

Exeter and Greater Devon assistant coroner Lydia Brown ruled Mr Edgar-Moore’s death had been accidental, concluding he died from poly-drug toxicity.

Police said blister packets of empty pills were found on the bed and table next to Mr Edgar-Moore’s body.

A post mortem report found levels of alcohol in his blood equivalent to being three times over the drink-drive limit.

The coroner said the mix of drugs and drink was likely to have resulted in ‘fatal toxic results’.

The inquest was told Mr Edgar-Moore suffered from chronic pancreatitis. He regularly took prescription drugs to combat the pain.

In the months leading up to his death, he was considered a suicide risk; he self-harmed by cutting himself.

Mr Edgar-Moore had separated from his civil partner and moved to a flat in what he hoped was a trial separation.

His partner, Andrew, said the relationship split had been prompted by Mr Edgar-Moore’s reliance on pain relief prescription drugs for his illness.

His partner told the coroner, at the time of Mr Adgar-Moore’s death, he had been successfully reducing his pain relief medication of codeine and Tramadol.

The coroner said poly-drug toxicity was usually caused by excessive consumption.

She said death was likely to have occurred because Mr Edgar-Moore’s painkiller reduction meant he was less tolerant to the combination of drug levels in his body.

The coroner said: “I don’t think for one moment he wanted to take his own life. Regrettably, he has just been a victim of a sequence of events. He had some control over them, that’s not to say he could possibly know what the outcome would have been.”

She added: “It was simply an accidental death. It wasn’t planned. It was just one of those things that nobody wanted the consequences and the outcome.”